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[inaudible conversations] >> return of the subcommittee on the civil rights and human rights will come to order. today's hearing is entitled drone wars, the counterterrorism institutions of killing. senator cruises on its way from another hearing. there are conflicting schedules we face here. this is the first-ever public hearing in the senate to address the use of drones and targeted killing. we are pleased to have such a large audience for today's hearing that demonstrates the importance and timeliness of this issue. thank you to those hearing person, those watching live on c-span and is following a hearing on twitter and facebook you stand the hash type drone wars. the rules of the semiprivate outbursts, popular demonstrations of any kind. please be mindful of the service as we conduct this hearing. there's so much interest in today's hearing. we have another larger room to accommodate overflow cloud. baking soda to 26 and dirksen. at the out back on what you senators leahy and grassley. chairman and ranking member for pressing the justice department to provide the committee with th
[inaudible conversations] >> return of the subcommittee on the civil rights and human rights will come to order. today's hearing is entitled drone wars, the counterterrorism institutions of killing. senator cruises on its way from another hearing. there are conflicting schedules we face here. this is the first-ever public hearing in the senate to address the use of drones and targeted killing. we are pleased to have such a large audience for today's hearing that demonstrates the...
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is it the acla's position that dzhokhar tsarnaev should have had his miranda rights read to him. how confident are you that they will not invoke the enemy combatant rule in terms of denying him his constitutional rights. >> to be clear, the aclu is against having him declared an enemy combatant. but the miranda rule does allow a public safety exception and that is a very limited exception. it allows the police, law enforcement to ask about current and ongoing threats. it's limited both in what they can ask and in the amount of time. so that exception exists and you know, what we're making, what want to make sure is that the criminal justice system, which is both better at protecting his rights and better at actually convicting and coming to a, a fair conclusion to row resolve this issue is the best way to go about this. it's simply not appropriate or constitutional to treat american citizen as an enemy combatant. >> ron. >> captured in the u.s. >> indeed, we've been you know, we just had stand with rand, talking about drones and drone strikes killing american citizens, treatment
is it the acla's position that dzhokhar tsarnaev should have had his miranda rights read to him. how confident are you that they will not invoke the enemy combatant rule in terms of denying him his constitutional rights. >> to be clear, the aclu is against having him declared an enemy combatant. but the miranda rule does allow a public safety exception and that is a very limited exception. it allows the police, law enforcement to ask about current and ongoing threats. it's limited both in...
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the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used not in you, you are danger of self-incrimination. used it would is still be habeas corpus right. so what we are saying and what he is saying and i think it is rong there is no such thing as global jihadist movement. i think the evidence of that is we will treat d somebody who commits an act of brutal terrorism as a criminal them to lawyer up and say don't say a word, information,hem any we will deal later and i think i think this is illful blindness and reckless in regard to the people who may foruture.ctims in the guest: responding to the caller, i think what you are sayi
the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in...
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>> thank you. -- ndicated youth commission on civil rights was established pursuant to 1937 civil rights act. examanners related to melete production and racial discrimination. because of racial discrimination often implicate matters pertaining to national origin the commission over the years has recently conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the weage and employment levels of specific americans. illegal immigration has a negative effect on wage levels of specifically black americans. >> i am having a hard time hearing. if you could be a little closer. >> it is important to keep in mind that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration that spanned theological spectrum. policy,differences in everyone would agree that illegal immigration has a monster to a negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels. thisvidence as to why affects black americans it's basic. the artist proportionately more likely to have only a white
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the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment levels of workers. the evidence introduced show that illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. >> we are still having a little bit of a hard time hearing. can you get that closer? >> the witnesses at the hearing were experts in immigration who spanned the ideological spectrum. every single witness agreed that illegal immigration had a demonstrably negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. thisvidence as to why impacts b
the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment...
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there has been a severe denigration of civil rights and civil liberties and the egg ation of power by federal government authorities and by law enforcement against individuals the second thing happens is the targeting of particular communities particularly muslim and arab communities in one thousand nine hundred five after oklahoma city bombing it was arabs and muslims and iranians who were being rounded up even though it was white men who were part of a white supremacist group so we see these two dangerous trends that have happened repeatedly after terrorist attacks and so of course that's something that we're looking for right now and those measures haven't stopped terrorist attacks have they so is it really possible to protect the population from these sort of atrocities. well it's a very interesting sense of time or eleventh the united states government has sent spend hundreds of billions of dollars for a government security agencies right now i'm sure as happened after september eleventh private security companies are salivating over the new contracts that are are soon to come of
there has been a severe denigration of civil rights and civil liberties and the egg ation of power by federal government authorities and by law enforcement against individuals the second thing happens is the targeting of particular communities particularly muslim and arab communities in one thousand nine hundred five after oklahoma city bombing it was arabs and muslims and iranians who were being rounded up even though it was white men who were part of a white supremacist group so we see these...
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human rights and civil liberties activists continue to organize and mobilize for more rallies just like this one in an effort to turn the tide on the use of attack drones and putting pressure on lawmakers and the administration to put an end to this program that has already cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians abroad will rob hello for art see the white house. sort of talk more about this month long nationwide anti drone protests i'm joined now by breaking the sense man well below as a gun hey so we were both there for this rally and march this weekend i mean there was anywhere from about three hundred to five hundred people at the peak of the march and rally it still didn't seem like enough people were really out there many busy weekend you were near was out covering money out of politics rally we were out for the white house you know you could make the argument that three to five hundred people is not that much but the fact of the matter is this is a nationwide rally i mean these were people that were coming in from all over the east coast these are rallies that are organ
human rights and civil liberties activists continue to organize and mobilize for more rallies just like this one in an effort to turn the tide on the use of attack drones and putting pressure on lawmakers and the administration to put an end to this program that has already cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians abroad will rob hello for art see the white house. sort of talk more about this month long nationwide anti drone protests i'm joined now by breaking the sense man well below...
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rights activists, dissidents, what have you, and obviously they have much lower standards when it comes to these issues than we do. i don't think human rights came into the question here involving the ascertain yes, at least there's no indication to that effect. it would not be unusual to go back to the russians and ask for more. it would also not be unusual to have the line go dead at that point. >> one question that came up here today when we were trying to sort through this puzzle that was what in tamerlan tsarnaev's mind, why would the russians ask for information if he had not been in contact with radicals overseas? how would they have known about him? >> it's entirely possible that the russians had some signaled intelligence involving this individual that motivated them, or perhaps he had contacts in chechnya, in dagestan, in the northern caucasus, but they didn't make enough that available, it appears, and as a result we were all shortchanged in this matter. it's not unusual. the russians are extremely leery of letting us have any idea of what information collection capabilities
rights activists, dissidents, what have you, and obviously they have much lower standards when it comes to these issues than we do. i don't think human rights came into the question here involving the ascertain yes, at least there's no indication to that effect. it would not be unusual to go back to the russians and ask for more. it would also not be unusual to have the line go dead at that point. >> one question that came up here today when we were trying to sort through this puzzle that...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that a nation of immigrants rejects its history and heritage when millions of immigrants are confined to a second-class system and all americans are debased by such a system. the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend, senator kennedy, was right. inish the house had joined 2006 to complete what we started back then, but i am glad that senator mccain has once again joined. it is long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps to write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching ournity. the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here. or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens, productive citizens. in vermont immigration has promoted cultural riches, settlements, exchange, economic development, center programs, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. agricultural workers support our farmers and growers and many
the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that a nation of immigrants rejects its history and heritage when millions of immigrants are confined to a second-class system and all americans are debased by such a system. the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend, senator kennedy, was right. inish the house had joined 2006 to complete what we started back then, but i am glad that senator mccain has once again joined. it is long past time to get this...
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so you are right, for americans who are not familiar there was a long and bloody civil war in chechnya, and if these guys -- these brothers somehow has sympathies combined with whatever american hatred maybe that they developed by feeling they were outcast or didn't have friends or something, maybe there's something there in terms of a motive. >> stephanie: yeah as usual the "new york post" got it wrong. there is a great onion piece just entitled "jesus" this week. there is a lot of breaking news everywhere, but at some point you go from getting it wrong to being reallier responsible. they posted pictures of the wrong guys on the front page. >> yeah, the 20 years that i have been in this business, i have never seen a news organization as atrocious reckless and wrong as the "new york post" has been this week. between first reporting that there were 12 dead when there were only three, to then -- they describe these two high school kids as the suspected terrorists, and it turns out one was a runner at a high school and just wanted to watch the marathon. any basic research and they would h
so you are right, for americans who are not familiar there was a long and bloody civil war in chechnya, and if these guys -- these brothers somehow has sympathies combined with whatever american hatred maybe that they developed by feeling they were outcast or didn't have friends or something, maybe there's something there in terms of a motive. >> stephanie: yeah as usual the "new york post" got it wrong. there is a great onion piece just entitled "jesus" this week....
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that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are not where we need to be. we are still in the process. we are evolving. we are not going to get where we need to be until we decide that we are not where we need to be. we have opened a lot of doors and we think that we have arrived, but we are not there. the discrimination all over corporate america, there is still discrimination in our schools. as quietly as it is kept. you still go to school in your and yourood, neighborhood is always on the other side of the railroad track in every community in this country. blacks on one side of the railroad track, white o
that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are...
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sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a nobel prize winner said, japan is a country that is the closest to bringing the stem cell technology to the bedside. that is about it. ladies and gentlemen, once again, we are doing all that, not only for the sake of the ournese, but also to make alliance stronger. at the end of the day, the u.s. is the biggest democratic theomy, and japan is still second. together we can do a lot, for the sky is the limit. a key very much for your ti thanyo [applause] thank you. we will now take some questions. 25 years ago, about this month i went to work in the japanese diet
sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a...
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in often you have about the right level. in boston you have 60,000, that's one camera in every thousand people. in london, they need this. but to me its worrisome. i don't like it very much as a civil liberties issue. it did prove to be worth while in this case, but how much do you trust your government. >> cenk: i think a lot of private cameras lord and taylor's, the department store that had wound up getting some of the footage of these guys, and that's afterwards, right? i think they helped a lot. so it's really a mixed bag. >> well, in these cases it's always a lucky break. it's always the suspect who is driving down the street with a busted taillight. in this one the cameras were useful. they probably would have caught them any way given the fact that there were so many clues but it was just to accelerate the process. but i think it's too much, that's the best way i can put it it. >> cenk: benjamin franklin, do you want to trade, and i'm going to butcher this, but if you want to trade your liberty you'll have neither. a
in often you have about the right level. in boston you have 60,000, that's one camera in every thousand people. in london, they need this. but to me its worrisome. i don't like it very much as a civil liberties issue. it did prove to be worth while in this case, but how much do you trust your government. >> cenk: i think a lot of private cameras lord and taylor's, the department store that had wound up getting some of the footage of these guys, and that's afterwards, right? i think they...
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he was also director for civil rights at the department of human health services. tom, you will find, is passion ate and committed to equality and justice for everyone. tom, more than anyone i know, makes every single day in his life matter, whether it's focused on anti-bullying work, voting rights, disability rights, housing rights, the eighth amendment, immigration, hate crimes or human trafficking. tom cares about all of those issues to his core and he works every day to make the world a better place. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome assistant attorney general tom perez. (applause). >> good morning, it's an honor to be back here. i got to spend some time last night with my brother who lives down the road apiece, his daughter is a sophomore in high school, she asked me if i wanted to go golfing at the presidio, i said i can't walk that much, i just had my knee replaced. melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a partnership between our partners in the u.s. attorney offices and our partners in state and local government. when i think about the hate crimes
he was also director for civil rights at the department of human health services. tom, you will find, is passion ate and committed to equality and justice for everyone. tom, more than anyone i know, makes every single day in his life matter, whether it's focused on anti-bullying work, voting rights, disability rights, housing rights, the eighth amendment, immigration, hate crimes or human trafficking. tom cares about all of those issues to his core and he works every day to make the world a...
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of course, it is going to get it right most of the time. that is why successful organizations and the free market and civil society are moving in the opposite direction. while governments consolidate, businesses decentralize pretty well. washington insists it knows everything, or as agents rely on networks and customizable problem-solving. we cannot be surprised that washington has assumed greater control over transportation, health care, and so much else, all of those increasingly centralized systems failing at exactly the same time. conservatives should seize this opportunity not to impose our ideas on these systems, but to outsource the solutions to the states, that the perspectives and values of each state craft its own policies and see what works and see what does not work. if vermont's pursuit of happiness needs its people to want more government and utah's less, then who are politicians from the other 48 states to tell them they cannot have it? would we tolerate this kind of official intolerance in any other part of american life? a
of course, it is going to get it right most of the time. that is why successful organizations and the free market and civil society are moving in the opposite direction. while governments consolidate, businesses decentralize pretty well. washington insists it knows everything, or as agents rely on networks and customizable problem-solving. we cannot be surprised that washington has assumed greater control over transportation, health care, and so much else, all of those increasingly centralized...
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, i read on sunday that he could identify the person that put the bag back down, because he saw him right before he was injured. i read that in a newspaper on sunday. , we need thents information. we are at war and they are guilty. .bsolutely enemy combatants host: here is the american civil liberties union releasing a statement on this subject on saturday. that's the american civil liberties union. we will be discussing this issue and taking your calls for the next half hour on the washington journal wrote. we want to give your preview of this week on congress. we are joined by steven dennis of roll call. guest: it's great to be here. tell us about the highlights this week including immigration hearing at 10:00. guest: with another immigration hearing inhe sene judiciy.il mo, basically. expandede who oppose immigration rights will be keeping the focuwhether or not jobs are going to be lost. senator jeff sessions has been leading the fight against more immigration, legal or illegal, by basically saying that if you , that willmmigrants take jobs away from low-skilled american workers and d
, i read on sunday that he could identify the person that put the bag back down, because he saw him right before he was injured. i read that in a newspaper on sunday. , we need thents information. we are at war and they are guilty. .bsolutely enemy combatants host: here is the american civil liberties union releasing a statement on this subject on saturday. that's the american civil liberties union. we will be discussing this issue and taking your calls for the next half hour on the washington...
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tom perez, assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. she was also nominated by president obama to serve in her role as assistant secretary of education for civil rights and she was confirmed by the senate in may of 2009. as assistant secretary, ruslyn is assistant secretary arnie's duncan's primary advisor. before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, rusly
tom perez, assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. she was also nominated by president obama to serve in her role as assistant secretary of education for civil rights and she was confirmed by the senate in may of 2009. as assistant secretary, ruslyn is assistant secretary arnie's duncan's primary advisor. before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in...
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there is a process under the act that is set up to protect people's civil rights. one of the things in 1421 that hasn't been i am mplemented in the counties, the real issues as a matter of course is what is the process for hospitalization under the enforcement. under this program, if someone misses a doctors appointment, they can call the police to take them to the upon the hospital for an evaluation. you might say there is something about that. but whe we see people's interaction for service, when they see police and someone upfront, as a criminal or someone to be weary of or suspicious of or to the fact of a lesser member of society, when people have that experience, and it doesn't matter how many psychotic symptoms they have, they push back. that's our human nature. what i have seen in new york. that's very relevant. other ill leave with you this. i was a social worker working in new york, i was very enthusiastic about my job in the homeless outreach program and our program was specifically to reach out to people who are clearly living on the streets and our pro
there is a process under the act that is set up to protect people's civil rights. one of the things in 1421 that hasn't been i am mplemented in the counties, the real issues as a matter of course is what is the process for hospitalization under the enforcement. under this program, if someone misses a doctors appointment, they can call the police to take them to the upon the hospital for an evaluation. you might say there is something about that. but whe we see people's interaction for service,...
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made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have three degrees, a bachelor's in special education, and i want to open a music therapy center to work with people with mental disabilities. that is what drives me, and what draw on it -- it dries a lot undocumented people who are seeking an of opportunity for their family, and that 1500-mile walk, all we did was talk to people every day, everyday people, and after two seconds of telling our story and share with them, what is really happening within our system, we were able to change a lot of hearts and minds. >> thank you. i am so used to calling you by your first name. you are the president of the largest
made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have...
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they're more like a july 4th parade or a civil rights march or street theatre. i feel americans have the right to enjoy and use and discourse in our great streets and great squares. the boston common just in my backyard, these are important places for us to go to safely. >> as a marathoner, somebody who's been so involved in what seems at least from the outside like marathon culture, not even sure if that's the way you think about it. i top out at two miles, then i fall down. as somebody who's been so involved for so many decades, when you think ahead about the future here, do you imagine these events lki we try to fetye the kind of joy these events are associated with for you we're thinking about that now and in the fall, we had hurricane sandy canceling the new york city marathon at the last moment. it is weighing heavily on our minds now. there are going to be people, let's face it, great runners, who are going to decide not the spend 3 or $4,000 across the country to a big marathon where they might feel threatened, but i've talked to a lot of runners in the
they're more like a july 4th parade or a civil rights march or street theatre. i feel americans have the right to enjoy and use and discourse in our great streets and great squares. the boston common just in my backyard, these are important places for us to go to safely. >> as a marathoner, somebody who's been so involved in what seems at least from the outside like marathon culture, not even sure if that's the way you think about it. i top out at two miles, then i fall down. as somebody...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this effort. it's long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching our communities, the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here, or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens and productive citizens. and in vermont, immigration has proposed cultural richness, and refugees, economic development, the regional center program, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. for a
the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this...
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liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is very open-ended and very difficult to predict. >> and no one has claimed responsibility. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you for coming in. there will be more than 30 marathons around the world next weekend, and the events in boston have implications globally. insiston, organizers that the marathon will go ahead, but with a massive 36,000 runners and half a million spectators, as we were just hearing, they are taking every precaution. june kelly reports. >> the london marathon is always a day of blisters, sweat and humor. that looks incredibly heavy. >> as big as a bag of cement, but hey, we a
liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is...
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the right of habeas corpus couldn't be suspended. i'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when terrorists are enemy combatants. this is not one of them. guest: no one is talking about depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you have a fifth amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives and prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used against you, you are not in danger of self-incrimination. if that status is used it would still be habeas corpus right. so what we are saying and what he is saying and i think it is wrong there is no such thing as global jihadist movement. i think the evidence of that is overwhelming and we will treat somebody who commits an act of brutal terrorism as a criminal defendant allow them to lawyer up and say don't say a word, don't give them any information, we will deal later and i think this is ok, i think this is willful blindness and reckless in regard to the
the right of habeas corpus couldn't be suspended. i'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when terrorists are enemy combatants. this is not one of them. guest: no one is talking about depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you have a fifth amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives and prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used against you,...
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neighborhoods. >> you're right. but new york is one of the main beneficiaries of federal dollars. if not for the federal dollars it would be very difficult for new york to be as robust as they are. >> yeah, we can't lock up every young man who goes on a fantastical or nasty website, that becomes a big difficulty. in fact, we knew about this guy. >> the fbi talked to him in 2011. >> the parents readily admitted this in their interviews in dagestan. >> i assume in 2012, no one was tracking him when he returned. and if he visited chechnya what he was doing there. if you had that red flag raised i think you have to question why wasn't he followed up? >> you need a longterm strategy for terrorism. what happened in boston isn't the exception. this isn't a one-off. this is glimpse of the future. this is terrorism that one, two, three people can carry out. we live in a world where powers diffused. you don't need to do something on the scale of 9/11. that turns out much less difficult to find out about. >> it was extremely a
neighborhoods. >> you're right. but new york is one of the main beneficiaries of federal dollars. if not for the federal dollars it would be very difficult for new york to be as robust as they are. >> yeah, we can't lock up every young man who goes on a fantastical or nasty website, that becomes a big difficulty. in fact, we knew about this guy. >> the fbi talked to him in 2011. >> the parents readily admitted this in their interviews in dagestan. >> i assume in...
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rights organization in the united, i think that carries a lot of weight in america. as you know, i've supported immigration reform for years and years even though it's not -- [inaudible] it's a major moral issue for this country. i worry about a proposal that contains false promises. apt straightforward and chiefble. is the legalization proposal in this bill drafted by the eight senators you consider straightforward and achievable? >> i do believe that there was a good faith effort to modernization our legalization program. i think that's an really important step. when we failed to do in 1986, it was a bill to acknowledge, it was to on the one hand we didn't create the flexibility to look how we might be able to make adjustments in to -- term of our economy and the need of our country and the work force. the program seems to build it in. we want to make sure it's something that can be done. on the one hand, ting reduces the backlog for many who have been waiting for a long time for family visas and for us, i think that's an important step. on the other hand, we have
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liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is very open-ended and very difficult to predict. >> and no one has claimed responsibility. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you for coming in. there will be more than 30 marathons around the world next weekend, and the events in boston have implications globally. insiston, organizers that the marathon will go ahead, but with a massive 36,000 runners and half a million spectators, as we were just hearing, they are taking every precaution. june kelly reports. >> the london marathon is always a day of blisters, sweat and humor. that looks incredibly heavy. >> as big as a bag of cement, but hey, we a
liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is...
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page 19, line 1, insert in the privacy officer and the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security, justice. insert security after justice. insert security after homeland in the second instruction. ms. sanchez: basically -- the chair: any objection to the modification? mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i have no objection. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to my good friend, the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mcnerney: i thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank my colleague from california, and i rise in support of ms. sanchez's amendment and in opposition of the underlying bill, h.r. 624. this legislation has positive aspects, but i'm concerned with the civil protections required in h.r. 624. ms. sanchez's amendment is a necessary step toward improving the bill, by giving oversight authority to a civilian agency. sharing information is absolutely esse
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an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i will just end by saying, mr. speaker, it is a good and right thing that this body honor these innocent children martyrs, that we never forget, that we always confront evil and although our nation was founded on noble principles, we must never cease the work of making america a more perfect union and with the passage of this bill, i think we do one small act to do that. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back his time. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlelady from alabama, ms. sew
an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i...
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and a key component of that appeal has often been, since the 1964 signing of the civil rights act by a democratic president, key component has always been saying we're the party that is going to stand up for white people as opposed to being a party that grant all these rights to black people. and it's an unfortunate chapter and it's one reason why our poll particulars have used code words, because we have increasingly come to a point where they can't say such things directly, and while we have to stay vigilant because we saw in the last presidential contest there were candidates who edged close to that language even in the 21st century. >> host: pat trish sharks you're the last caller for eric deegans go ahead. >> guest: the pressure is on. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to hear you comments on race-baiting from the left, and in particular, jesse jackson. i'd like to hear what you have to say about that. thank you so much for taking my call. >> guest: there's a bit in my book about al sharpton and his dual roles as a spokesman for the family of trayvon martin a
and a key component of that appeal has often been, since the 1964 signing of the civil rights act by a democratic president, key component has always been saying we're the party that is going to stand up for white people as opposed to being a party that grant all these rights to black people. and it's an unfortunate chapter and it's one reason why our poll particulars have used code words, because we have increasingly come to a point where they can't say such things directly, and while we have...
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rights groups was that this is a u.s. citizen somebody who became a naturalized u.s. citizen back in last year actually on september eleventh he has been living in the united states since two thousand and two and people were saying we cannot try an american citizen who committed an act on u.s. soil as an enemy competent because if this is the case this time around what happens in similar cases are we now going to start trying americans as enemy combatants so certainly that has been put off the table right now as we know the white house has said that this is not going to be considered and the difference there is really the way the way the case would be handled certainly a lot of legal experts have been saying that if he were in fact to be treated as an enemy combatant it would not in fact provide any any better insight for investigators but rather prolong this case so many are seeing the fact that he's going to be tried in a federal criminal case as making it really simpler and just following the rules under which american
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>> basically, the democrats hail him as a civil rights hero saying he's good he denied the supreme court prief lemings, and republicans who want now to court the minority vote are averting eyes. >> why? why is this happening? >> the senate is to give advice and con -- consent. we believe he should get the nominees asked for for the cabinet, but what mr. perez has done is willfully misled house investigators, did a quid pro quo that's shady, has a record of unequal enforcement of the law. this man should -- >> bottom line, he gets through? >> a good chance. >> after all that? >> we'll see what happens in the hearing tomorrow. the house oversight investigation monday was so comprehensive, 270 pages unvailing this scandal so that i think some ?artses are going to give -- senators are going to -- >> there's hope here? >> always hold on. >> me too. mary, you're great, you'll keep following it, "wall street journal" editorial board, a crazy story, but common place. >> what was the name from jersey? >> dirt bags? >> a lot of social resources, but are investments paying more? >> as we do every t
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civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a hearing on friday. then on monday a second hearing. after that we have to see how the process unfolds. especially republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for more than the currently scheduled hearings. probably sometime in early may we will move to the markup process which is where the senators on the judiciary committee can begin offering amendments and releasing how they want to continue to shape the bill. we hope it gets passed out of committee and go to the senate floor. host: rebekah kaplan of the national journal. wilmington, north carolina, kathleen is on our democrat line. is roberta our guest aplan.rebecca caller: my biggest fear is that our country is in a state of fear. thing wehe worst could ever have as americans. we have based our country from the beginning of a great work ethic. there are so many things we could do instead of being frightened every time something happens. domestically, foreman, and immigration. we have a statue of liberty that does
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states and causing really a lot of debate between certain politicians and civil rights groups also it's important to mention that republican lawmakers in the united states have been suggesting that to be treated as an enemy competent this is also been a topic of much debate because we are of course talking about a u.s. citizen as we do know back in two thousand and eleven they did receive a request from a foreign government this is russia's government that said that they should look into the identity of the older brother the older suspect to milan back that he was twenty four years. old and the f.b.i. did receive recommendations that they investigate him they did in fact ring to milan in for questioning the followed his phone calls they intercepted his social relationships as well as his activity online but did come to a conclusion that he is not dangerous and did end up freeing him and of course because the f.b.i. right now is being criticized for this they're going to trace their steps back look into what exactly they could have missed but also try to establish right now with the seco
states and causing really a lot of debate between certain politicians and civil rights groups also it's important to mention that republican lawmakers in the united states have been suggesting that to be treated as an enemy competent this is also been a topic of much debate because we are of course talking about a u.s. citizen as we do know back in two thousand and eleven they did receive a request from a foreign government this is russia's government that said that they should look into the...
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curious show head to in your thoughts is it possible for us to fight terrorism without infringing on civil liberties absolutely and there are any number of novel policy solutions that the policy establishment hasn't even quite frankly seriously considered domestic agricultural policy right and subsidies for corporate agribusiness have a huge role in facilitating food insecurity in the developing world and this phenomenon of growing more corn for instance than we can possibly use dumping it below the cost of production in other countries driving their indigenous food production out of the market and then runners them subject to commodity price shocks and that's a recipe across human history for instability and revolution textile tariffs right we have a more favorable regime with respect to textile imports from the caribbean than we do from central asia and that's ridiculous from a security standpoint but nobody thinks about textile tariffs they were counterterrorism lens or agricultural policy or for that matter our millet. right even before the arab spring i think it that people didn't thi
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just like the civil rights movement. people need to see what those guns do. >> bill: yeah, well, i think without seeing too much of graphic photos from inside the school, i think the american people know what those guns do and i think the american people see what happened at sandy hook and the american people want some action. joey's right. these senators just have their hands out for the campaign contributions from the gun lobby. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: how about it on this thursday morning 33 min
just like the civil rights movement. people need to see what those guns do. >> bill: yeah, well, i think without seeing too much of graphic photos from inside the school, i think the american people know what those guns do and i think the american people see what happened at sandy hook and the american people want some action. joey's right. these senators just have their hands out for the campaign contributions from the gun lobby. >> announcer: this is the "bill press...
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i am worried how far this is going to take away our civil rights. weple are going to say, "now need to have guns." we could have caught him so much easier -- it was black powder they used in the bombs. we should say we should restrict all voting power -- all bloating r.wder hos host: why you think that is necessary? putting upple are this may be a bigger agenda to take away our rights. it is really has me worried. in willxt up is kurt montt, ohio on our line for republicans. you are on "washington journal caller: i am in agreement with what was previously said. all one has to do is take a google operations: gladio. within three minutes of exposing all of the navy seals at the finish line, news programs began changing their stories. he decided to present a possible suspect and all of the stories had to have changed. anotherration chose false flag. everyone should google operations: northwood and operations: gladio. this has all the earmarks. is all i have to say. host: that as curt in will montt, ohio. we have to remain from new york on our line in d
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a little more cautious in what she had to say because they are the boss the massachusetts american civil liberties union is still reviewing a lot of the video the stuff that you showed earlier that people that are still coming in right now jared how her merican is willing to go to feel that sense of security that was once in boston before the marathon bombing has actually happened and what how far are they willing to go to also protect their sense of public privacy. you know i think that's a great question and to be honest i'm not really sure i think you know boston is a rugged tough. and strong place that i think people probably won't be willing to tolerate the long term you know encroachments on their civil liberties you know bag searches in boston a big issue for a long time they really fall on the subway and they really fall out of practice in recent. years and to the point where they're. rarely occur anymore i'm not sure about the rest of the country as a whole you saw. an increase in surveillance and other police activity that became almost permanent in new york after nine eleven b
a little more cautious in what she had to say because they are the boss the massachusetts american civil liberties union is still reviewing a lot of the video the stuff that you showed earlier that people that are still coming in right now jared how her merican is willing to go to feel that sense of security that was once in boston before the marathon bombing has actually happened and what how far are they willing to go to also protect their sense of public privacy. you know i think that's a...
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again, last january, he disrupted a sermon about martin luther king, calling the civil rights leader a nonbeliever. the revelations and charges just as this city is struggling to recover a moment of silence marking one week since the attack from the oval office and around the country. a solemn tribute. >> -- in boston, almost every spot in this city is silent and still. >> reporter: another step toward normal, boylston street turned over by federal investigators to the city of boston. in a sign of the investigation's intensity, a tree, possibly touched by dzhokhar removed, taken as evidence, and photos of dzhokhar withdrawing money from an atm after a carjacking and the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier. this, as the victims continue to heal. 50 in the hospital. two still critical. for some seriously injured, hope. >> nearly all of the patients that have lost legs are already walking the halls with physical therapists. >> reporter: still, grim reminders here, just about everywhere. in medford the funeral for 29-year-old krystle campbell. the church overflowing, the grief u
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what we just heard molly line saying, good out does evil, that is definitely a case of it happening right there. bill: indeed, heather thank you for that. extra security measures seen across the country that is raising questions over how americans with balance their safety without giving up their civil liberties. with me now, bret baier host of special report out of washington. good morning to you. as you reflect on this. and i guess based on the people you've spoken to there in washington, they are watching this through a tv screen. where do we go from here, what do you hear? >> reporter: bill, i spent yesterday up on capitol hill talking with lawmakers and that was really the question i was asking a lot of lawmakers, both sides of the aisle, where is the line? where are americans right now, do they think? how much are americans willing to give up for more security? you know, this weekend alone there will be 15 more races, marathons around the country, including -- and chris stirewalt wrote in his volume um own are on foxnews.com plower play, including in oklahoma city, and at fort hood,
what we just heard molly line saying, good out does evil, that is definitely a case of it happening right there. bill: indeed, heather thank you for that. extra security measures seen across the country that is raising questions over how americans with balance their safety without giving up their civil liberties. with me now, bret baier host of special report out of washington. good morning to you. as you reflect on this. and i guess based on the people you've spoken to there in washington,...